CONTROL LINE SPEED wrote 1998 National Aeromodeling Championships Nats Speed report stated US Speed Team going Kiev Russia wrong Kiev Ukraine mind still calls entire area USSR Russia US team consisting Tommy Brown Billy Hughes Jim Rhoades placed third World Championships just behind Russia England Luis Parramon Spain won first place speed 301 kph Jim ninth 285 kph Tommy 11th Billy 16th after engine threw bearing Summer gone want fly Speed Ill have go south Im working propellers airplanes Florida contest Januaryjust two months away write Its already cold Illinois will great visit friends fly its warm Dayton Can visualize two perfect days Speed flying continuous action flight after flight going up Thats way Dayton Ohio Cold Cash Speed Bash year similar old days long list waiting contestants sign-up sheet Dayton contest traditionally held second weekend September weather Ohio normally very pleasant time year year no exception 29 contestants flew 75 events made 185 attempts 134 official flights 18 winners contestants came far away New York Florida Missouri good time However Dayton flying field surrounded trees model visibility problem dark-colored Speed models especially flat sidewindersdisappear against dark-green background going fast Yellow white models much better easier see timers stopwatches get accurate readings Keep consideration build new model fluorescent-pink Class C model invisible high speed painted insidethe side timers seebright yellow helped Sidewinders Modelers think sidewinder Speed models laid-down engines latest trick going fast Jack Wilson AMA number 2842 NASS North American Speed Society number 312 sent nice letter telling about early Control Line CL flying Southern California Around 1947 Jack Richard Tejeda current member Channel Island Condors R/C Club spent evenings flying CL sport airplanes under lights Yosemite Park softball diamond Eagle Rock area Two older builders would dazzle small very fast Class B Speed airplane featured side-mounted fully cowled Ohlsson Rice O&R 23 engine inboard wing no vertical fin dolly type gear guys names Les McBride called model Sidewinder two builders also introduced Jack friends benefits new thing glow plug ignition Jack Brookings OR also member Lake Havasu Desert Hawks R/C Club thank him sending bit modeling trivia RCHTA Show visited Chicago model show last weekend walked past trains games stopped look engines Radio Control RC cars Some might suitable Class FAI Federation Aeronautique Intemationale 21 Sport Speed dont know anyone has tried cars use tuned mufflers instead tuned pipes similar ones Pylon racers use side-exhaust 40 engines saw 15s 21s sold Serpent USA Inc used Impact /io-scale Vector 1/s-scale RC race cars engines built NovaRossi might suitable Speed 140 Model Aviation peed TeamBilly Hughes Tommy Brown Jim Rhoadescompeted Kiev Ukraine placed second overall Contestants engines checked after successful flight An official measures Jim Rhoades Profi Tommy Brown holds Wayne Trivin releases Bob Whitneys NovaRossi-powered Class B monoline model great Speed contest Florida last January According advertising brochure SX-21 Series features several technologies found other 21size engines manufactured NovaRossi seven-port five-port liners available gives choice enhanced high-end speed bottom-end torque characteristics also Turbo-plug combustion chamber available whatever means would fun compare SX-21 NovaRossi run 21 Sport Speed airplaneespecially since SX 21 rated 48000 rpm Im pretty sure figure tuned exhaust muffler wonder would compare minipipe also dont know aero crankshaft available car engines use different shaft stub dont have information SX-21 keep tuned Ill try obtain Good Old Days Don Jehlik Chicago show line Chinese Rubber-powered Electric foam models came out visit Don first Speed fliers met first Nationals probably 1954 have friends ever since Don flying Speed Bob Lauderdale later got Team Race Herb Stockton eventually working up World Champion event also worked late Paul Bugl HP engines Bob great time war stories Speed flying days went through bunch old Air Trails magazines Some 1941 1947 interesting see reports early days CL ads early engines never engine before 1948 missed almost spark-ignition stuff Merwyn Krahn friend South Dakota OK 60 50 learned little about gas-and-oil vibration points trouble booster batteries stuck glow plugs Merwyn used OK glow plugs worked very well rarely burned out hottest fuel Francisco Power Mist doubt lot nitromethane got can O&R 30 Plus didnt dare run straight mixed other fuel Looking through old magazines Merwyn saw data about engines such M&M 29 Gnat 15 Precision 36 World Wide Demon 15 Trojan Rebel G-9 Ajax Feeney Little Dynamite Drimmie Dwarf Dragon Hi Speed Everson 29 Mite Diesel Tom Thumb Novo Diesel never heard of engines sure wish now names came out September 1947 Air Trails showed terrific demand model engines right after World War II Most models 1941 1947 big Free Flight models CL models also large fixed landing gear used ignition engines Most CL models featured Jim Walkers patented UControls Stanzel sold models C-line control controversies arose since everything new Some modelers couldnt travel contests could send model have proxy-flown Rules universal AMA managed system standardize official rules Engine size used set classes Protests about whipping rampant Hal deBolt wrote article calculated much speed could add model putting arm Joe Campione Rochester NY designed pylon strapped waist extended out toward model post finger pointing up tried lead model lines would knock finger over disqualified What kind wood best propellers tried orange crate pine did too spruce basswood mahogany decided sweet gum gumwood best props handmade maple other hardwoods too difficult work However hot fuels containing alcohol nitromethane coming out powerful engines such Hornet soon dictated hard maple props contests least $1000 prizes needed draw contestants kid named Babcock won two Ercoupe airplanes Mirror Meets Engines kits scholarships normal awards John Brodbeck K&B engines offered winner 1947 Nats used K&B engine $50 cash new Torpedo engine year free service Now modeler sets AMA record Torpedo engine receives free engine first person get Tony Naccarato upped Class III Open CL record 1028 mph think stuff use now new March 1941 Air Trails picture full-scale Taylorcraft airplane covered woven glass fabric non-shrinkable rotproof fireproof didnt say what kind adhesive filler used didnt have epoxy polyester resins did Its fun read ads old magazines diesel head conversions Arden engines John E Clemens Dallas sold Inferno fuel Humming Bird engine featured internal turbine supercharger some humor too written Hugos friend Lootweller went flying model came back home two hours later didnt show up days said got caught mancarrying thermal June 1942 Air Trails told about Junior holds six records Paul MacCready Chicago leads nation 20 recognized records Albert Hansle did 10 consecutive loops Tether-flying before called Control Line should stimulate Speed contests since contest results include speeds least 60 mph Class C 35 Class B slightly less Class Stories 100 mph speeds hard believe though So little visualized what come PACK INTERNATIONAL Twice NiCd capacity 1A weight Triple safe operating time NiCds Safe environment Manufactured Iso 9002 standards Gold-plated connectors 22 gauge low-resistance leads TypeWeight no connlconn Rx AAA55OmAh48V 20 oz $149511695 Rx AAA55OmAh6OV 25 oz $179511995 Rx AA1200mAh48V 40 oz $ 1895/2095 Rx AA1200mAh6OV 50 oz $2395/2595 Tx AA1200mAh96V 80 oz $38951 48V available flat square pack 6OV available flat hump pack Futaba J Airtronics JRlHitec no conn Coming soon NIMH Al900mAh packs giant scate A/so NiMH 2/3AAA27OmAh min packs See web site great products G-pack G-pack Hi-Tech Foam Protection R/O components Airborne Models ARF RIC Airplanes Wood &/or fiberglass w/MonoKote Ultracote Piper Cub 1/4 scaleExtra 300 120 Clipped Cub eExtra 300 30 Piper Cub 40Ultimate Bipe 120 Cap 232 40Ultimate Bipe 30 P51 40 WI retractsT34C Mentor 40 Super Chipmunk 60 w/ retracts & flaps Zero 60 w/ fiberglass fuselage & retracts Trainers 20 & 40Many Also High Power Rocketry Products Visit online catalog http/Iwwwaeropacknet Call Fax 619566-2900 e-mail aeropack@sanrrcom write AERO PACK INTERNA lIONAL 8190E Mira Mesa Blvd #308 Miramar CA 92126 March 1999 141 Premium Nickel-Metal Hydride Ratterie
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/03
Page Numbers: 140, 141
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/03
Page Numbers: 140, 141
CONTROL LINE SPEED wrote 1998 National Aeromodeling Championships Nats Speed report stated US Speed Team going Kiev Russia wrong Kiev Ukraine mind still calls entire area USSR Russia US team consisting Tommy Brown Billy Hughes Jim Rhoades placed third World Championships just behind Russia England Luis Parramon Spain won first place speed 301 kph Jim ninth 285 kph Tommy 11th Billy 16th after engine threw bearing Summer gone want fly Speed Ill have go south Im working propellers airplanes Florida contest Januaryjust two months away write Its already cold Illinois will great visit friends fly its warm Dayton Can visualize two perfect days Speed flying continuous action flight after flight going up Thats way Dayton Ohio Cold Cash Speed Bash year similar old days long list waiting contestants sign-up sheet Dayton contest traditionally held second weekend September weather Ohio normally very pleasant time year year no exception 29 contestants flew 75 events made 185 attempts 134 official flights 18 winners contestants came far away New York Florida Missouri good time However Dayton flying field surrounded trees model visibility problem dark-colored Speed models especially flat sidewindersdisappear against dark-green background going fast Yellow white models much better easier see timers stopwatches get accurate readings Keep consideration build new model fluorescent-pink Class C model invisible high speed painted insidethe side timers seebright yellow helped Sidewinders Modelers think sidewinder Speed models laid-down engines latest trick going fast Jack Wilson AMA number 2842 NASS North American Speed Society number 312 sent nice letter telling about early Control Line CL flying Southern California Around 1947 Jack Richard Tejeda current member Channel Island Condors R/C Club spent evenings flying CL sport airplanes under lights Yosemite Park softball diamond Eagle Rock area Two older builders would dazzle small very fast Class B Speed airplane featured side-mounted fully cowled Ohlsson Rice O&R 23 engine inboard wing no vertical fin dolly type gear guys names Les McBride called model Sidewinder two builders also introduced Jack friends benefits new thing glow plug ignition Jack Brookings OR also member Lake Havasu Desert Hawks R/C Club thank him sending bit modeling trivia RCHTA Show visited Chicago model show last weekend walked past trains games stopped look engines Radio Control RC cars Some might suitable Class FAI Federation Aeronautique Intemationale 21 Sport Speed dont know anyone has tried cars use tuned mufflers instead tuned pipes similar ones Pylon racers use side-exhaust 40 engines saw 15s 21s sold Serpent USA Inc used Impact /io-scale Vector 1/s-scale RC race cars engines built NovaRossi might suitable Speed 140 Model Aviation peed TeamBilly Hughes Tommy Brown Jim Rhoadescompeted Kiev Ukraine placed second overall Contestants engines checked after successful flight An official measures Jim Rhoades Profi Tommy Brown holds Wayne Trivin releases Bob Whitneys NovaRossi-powered Class B monoline model great Speed contest Florida last January According advertising brochure SX-21 Series features several technologies found other 21size engines manufactured NovaRossi seven-port five-port liners available gives choice enhanced high-end speed bottom-end torque characteristics also Turbo-plug combustion chamber available whatever means would fun compare SX-21 NovaRossi run 21 Sport Speed airplaneespecially since SX 21 rated 48000 rpm Im pretty sure figure tuned exhaust muffler wonder would compare minipipe also dont know aero crankshaft available car engines use different shaft stub dont have information SX-21 keep tuned Ill try obtain Good Old Days Don Jehlik Chicago show line Chinese Rubber-powered Electric foam models came out visit Don first Speed fliers met first Nationals probably 1954 have friends ever since Don flying Speed Bob Lauderdale later got Team Race Herb Stockton eventually working up World Champion event also worked late Paul Bugl HP engines Bob great time war stories Speed flying days went through bunch old Air Trails magazines Some 1941 1947 interesting see reports early days CL ads early engines never engine before 1948 missed almost spark-ignition stuff Merwyn Krahn friend South Dakota OK 60 50 learned little about gas-and-oil vibration points trouble booster batteries stuck glow plugs Merwyn used OK glow plugs worked very well rarely burned out hottest fuel Francisco Power Mist doubt lot nitromethane got can O&R 30 Plus didnt dare run straight mixed other fuel Looking through old magazines Merwyn saw data about engines such M&M 29 Gnat 15 Precision 36 World Wide Demon 15 Trojan Rebel G-9 Ajax Feeney Little Dynamite Drimmie Dwarf Dragon Hi Speed Everson 29 Mite Diesel Tom Thumb Novo Diesel never heard of engines sure wish now names came out September 1947 Air Trails showed terrific demand model engines right after World War II Most models 1941 1947 big Free Flight models CL models also large fixed landing gear used ignition engines Most CL models featured Jim Walkers patented UControls Stanzel sold models C-line control controversies arose since everything new Some modelers couldnt travel contests could send model have proxy-flown Rules universal AMA managed system standardize official rules Engine size used set classes Protests about whipping rampant Hal deBolt wrote article calculated much speed could add model putting arm Joe Campione Rochester NY designed pylon strapped waist extended out toward model post finger pointing up tried lead model lines would knock finger over disqualified What kind wood best propellers tried orange crate pine did too spruce basswood mahogany decided sweet gum gumwood best props handmade maple other hardwoods too difficult work However hot fuels containing alcohol nitromethane coming out powerful engines such Hornet soon dictated hard maple props contests least $1000 prizes needed draw contestants kid named Babcock won two Ercoupe airplanes Mirror Meets Engines kits scholarships normal awards John Brodbeck K&B engines offered winner 1947 Nats used K&B engine $50 cash new Torpedo engine year free service Now modeler sets AMA record Torpedo engine receives free engine first person get Tony Naccarato upped Class III Open CL record 1028 mph think stuff use now new March 1941 Air Trails picture full-scale Taylorcraft airplane covered woven glass fabric non-shrinkable rotproof fireproof didnt say what kind adhesive filler used didnt have epoxy polyester resins did Its fun read ads old magazines diesel head conversions Arden engines John E Clemens Dallas sold Inferno fuel Humming Bird engine featured internal turbine supercharger some humor too written Hugos friend Lootweller went flying model came back home two hours later didnt show up days said got caught mancarrying thermal June 1942 Air Trails told about Junior holds six records Paul MacCready Chicago leads nation 20 recognized records Albert Hansle did 10 consecutive loops Tether-flying before called Control Line should stimulate Speed contests since contest results include speeds least 60 mph Class C 35 Class B slightly less Class Stories 100 mph speeds hard believe though So little visualized what come PACK INTERNATIONAL Twice NiCd capacity 1A weight Triple safe operating time NiCds Safe environment Manufactured Iso 9002 standards Gold-plated connectors 22 gauge low-resistance leads TypeWeight no connlconn Rx AAA55OmAh48V 20 oz $149511695 Rx AAA55OmAh6OV 25 oz $179511995 Rx AA1200mAh48V 40 oz $ 1895/2095 Rx AA1200mAh6OV 50 oz $2395/2595 Tx AA1200mAh96V 80 oz $38951 48V available flat square pack 6OV available flat hump pack Futaba J Airtronics JRlHitec no conn Coming soon NIMH Al900mAh packs giant scate A/so NiMH 2/3AAA27OmAh min packs See web site great products G-pack G-pack Hi-Tech Foam Protection R/O components Airborne Models ARF RIC Airplanes Wood &/or fiberglass w/MonoKote Ultracote Piper Cub 1/4 scaleExtra 300 120 Clipped Cub eExtra 300 30 Piper Cub 40Ultimate Bipe 120 Cap 232 40Ultimate Bipe 30 P51 40 WI retractsT34C Mentor 40 Super Chipmunk 60 w/ retracts & flaps Zero 60 w/ fiberglass fuselage & retracts Trainers 20 & 40Many Also High Power Rocketry Products Visit online catalog http/Iwwwaeropacknet Call Fax 619566-2900 e-mail aeropack@sanrrcom write AERO PACK INTERNA lIONAL 8190E Mira Mesa Blvd #308 Miramar CA 92126 March 1999 141 Premium Nickel-Metal Hydride Ratterie
